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Minokamo City
Gifu Prefecture · City
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Minokamo City, in the Chuno region, spreads where the Kiso River and the Hida River meet, and it prospered as Ota-juku, a post town on the Nakasendo road. The Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum shows the history of the post town, and the city also has Shogen-ji, a famous Rinzai Zen temple. It is known as the hometown of Tsubouchi Shoyo.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
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